Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon
Renaud Capuçon in 2009
Background information
Born	(1976-01-27) 27 January 1976 (age 41) France
Genres	Classical
Instruments	Violin

Renaud Capuçon (born 27 January 1976) is a French classical violinist.

Capuçon was born in Chambéry on 27 January 1976. He entered the at the age of 4, and then the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) at the age of 14 where he studied under Gérard Poulet. Three years later he completed his studies there, winning first prize in both chamber music and violin.

He then entered several international competitions and joined the European Union Youth Orchestra, and then the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra as first violin under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

At the same time he launched his career as a soloist and chamber musician, playing with Nicholas Angelich, Jérôme Ducros, Frank Braley, Hélène Grimaud, Gérard Caussé, as well as with his younger brother Gautier, a cellist.

In 1996, he founded an annual festival at La Ravoire near Chambéry, the , which ended in 2010. It welcomed the most important chamber players including Jean-Pierre Wallez, Michel Dalberto, Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich, Augustin Dumay, Gérard Caussé, Paul Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud, Katia and Marielle Labèque.